If any of you are out there wondering who I am and why I deserve a well; hey, I'm just giving the voters what they want, step the fuck off.A stranger is pitching his TV series concept to a roomful of network executives.
"So it's about a group of people who survive a plane crash, and they end up stranded on a mysterious island in the South Pacific. Even worse, as they explore the island, they end up trapped in the bottom of a deep abandoned well."
"Sounds interesting," one of the senior executives speaks up, "I could see this being a primetime hit in a weekday slot."
"Yeah I'd agree," another executive interrupts, "but I definitely wouldn't run this on Thursday."
"Why not on Thursday?" asks the stranger.
"Because on Thursday, it's your turn in...."
I'm a 20 year old university student who is currently living in Wellington, the capital city of a mysterious island in the South Pacific. It's really nice here, I consider it a haven from the rest of the world. We don't live in fear of any international enemies looking to bomb us at every available opportunity, our economy is not circling the drain, our environment is not on the brink of total collapse, we're just that country that directors and tourists really rave about. Actually come to think of it we'll probably be fucked over by another earthquake any second. Ah well.
Though I've spent the majority of my life thus far in New Zealand, I was born in China and am ethnically Chinese, so I'm fluent in both Mandarin and English, as well as trace amounts of French and Japanese picked up during high school. Growing up as a stranger in a strange land certainly wasn't easy, and I like to think that's toughened up my hide somewhat, so to speak. I used to be quite neurotic about what others thought of me, but as I grew older I became less and less concerwhy am I writing about this like it's some unique experience? Every teenager goes through this shit.
I'm currently studying finance at Victoria University. Though art is an important part of my life, it's still just a hobby. I'm sure that if I started practising it in any sort of professional capacity I would grow to hate it. Being an Asian means you MUST study something 'substantial' so you can have a stable career, be it in the field of business, law, or medicine. Drawings are a fun distraction, but let's be realistic here, it's no way to make a living...
I can't remember the last time I sat down with a good book. My free time is usually spent on drawing, movies, anime, and games. I don't think I would pass for even a casual gamer since all I've played are some popular handheld titles. I know for a fact that my taste in music consists of generic popular trash but I really don't have the time to 'discover' new artists. The same could be said about my tastes in anime, I've got a truckload of stuff saved on my hard drive that I mean to watch but never get around to, since I usually end up streaming some comedy series (at the moment it's 30 Rock) and watching that instead. I'd like to say that my taste in films is a little more refined, but that's probably not true either.
My online personality is pretty true to what I'm like in real life, except it's the internet so a little more acidity is expected. My 'niche' here on Smogon is a pretty accurate analogue to what I was like back in high school. Someone who's good at art and English, a friend to almost everyone, and can be counted on to throw out a 'funny' remark or a pop culture reference here and there.
In case you haven't noticed, I'm not sure of my position on anything, as evidenced by my overuse of qualifiers. I can usually be counted on to take the diplomatic position, flip-flopping in the middle ground, since I have neither the time nor patience to argue extensively for a particular viewpoint, this is despite the fact that I was captain of a successful debate team back in high school. I think this is ironic? Oh God I hope I'm using that word correctly, unlike everyone else ever.
I first discovered online Pokemon battling a little while after the release of Diamond and Pearl. I thought the new games kind of looked like ass but really wanted to battle with the new Pokemon, so I searched for an online alternative and got the recently released Shoddy Battle. It was from the Shoddy chat that I found out about Smogon's superior analyses. I registered an account to post a RMT which has since then been sadly lost in the purge, but I do remember it involving Swampert, Floatzel, and Ambipom. I then proceeded to never touch my account again, except for the occasional lurking in Stark Mountain.
Then around mid-late last year I decided to start spending more time here, for whatever reason, most likely boredom, and the imminent release of Black and White made it seem a swell time to hop back in. Stark Mountain and competitive battling was getting tiresome since I was never any good at that anyway, so I ventured out into the social forums. Smeargle's Studio and the IRC community gave me a reason to stick around. I started doing grammar checks for C&C simply because I thought, "Hey, how hard could this be?" And somehow I got drawn into that crowd as well. Around a year later and here we are, a user with a deceptively "old" join date and some kind of rank.
If this turns out poorly enough I might transmogrify this thread into Ask a Simple Question, Draw a Simple Answer Mark II, but don't count on it as I'm lazy.
So yeah, questions? Anyone? Bueller?
(fuck i just looked at the other well threads i think i wrote too much)
